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Mgr. Petra Soukupová

Australian Holidays

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Australia Day Australian of the Year Award Aborigines and Australia Day ANZAC Day Resources

Australia Day

* the official national day

* 26th January

* the biggest national event

* 1788

* the First Fleet at Sydney Cove

* British sovereignty

* a new territory

* family gatherings

* picnics and barbecues

* music festivals and concert

* parades and fireworks

* citizenship ceremonies

* Australian of the Year Award

Australian of the Year Award* outstanding contribution

* culture, arts, economy, sciences and citizenship

The first Australian of the Year Sir Macfarlane Burnet, Australian of the Year 1960

Aborigines and Australia Day* Invasion Day

→ loss of their culture and land

* Survival Day

→ not wiped out

* protest rallies

* claim their (land) rights

* promote awareness, communication, cooperation

ANZAC Day

* ANZAC = Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

* national remembrance day

* 25th April

* battle at Gallipolli

* the Ottoman Empire

* WWI

* 1st ceremony at Sydney Cenotaph (1927)

* all dead AUS and NZ soldiers

* a dawn ceremony held

* an address

* laying of wreaths

* The Last Post (bugle)

*a minute of silence

* both national anthems played

* commemorative marches

* red poppies

Resources

Australia Day. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-15]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day

Australian of the Year. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-04-15]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_of_the_Year

Australia´s Indigenous People. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-15]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%E2%80%99s_Indigenous_people

ANZAC Day. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-03-15]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac_Day